I always thought maybe, if Gunn didn’t re-sign for Guardians of the Galaxy 3, he could do the ROM movie for Paramount Pictures who are building a shared Hasbro cinematic universe.
Since James Gunn joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’ve had a few opportunities to chat with him about the comic book properties he loves most outside of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie trilogy.
Marvel built the world surrounding ROM, from allies and villains, to a complete origin story and villains (namely the Dire Wraiths), but can no longer use ROM: Spaceknight given the rights issues.
ROM’s history is a little confusing, beginning as a toy sold to Parker Brothers before the character got a comic series.